which required that a petition to
form, and to nominate candidates for, a new political party be signed by
at least 25,000 voters from at least 50 counties was held not to impair
any right under Amendment XVII, notwithstanding that 52% of the State's
voters were residents of one county, 87% were residents of 49 counties,
and only 13% resided in the 53 least populous counties.[3]

Notes

[1] United States _v._ Aczel, 219 F. 917 (1915), citing Ex parte
Yarbrough, 110 U.S. 651 (1884).

[2] Chapman _v._ King, 154 F. (2d) 460 (1946); certiorari denied, 327
U.S. 800 (1946).

[3] MacDougall _v._ Green, 335 U.S. 281 (1948).

AMENDMENT 18

PROHIBITION OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS

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Validity of adoption 1213
Enforcement 1213
Repeal 1213

PROHIBITION OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS

Amendment 18

Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article
the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within,
the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United
States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for
beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.

Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have
concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall
have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the
legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution,
within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States
by the Congress.

Validity of Adoption

Cases relating to this question are presented and discussed under
article V.

Enforcement

Cases produced by enforcement and arising under Amendments Four and Five
are considered in the discussion appearing under the latter amendments.

Repeal

This amendment was repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment, and titles I
and II of the National Prohibition Act[1] were subsequently specifically
repealed by the act of August 27, 1935.[2] Federal prohibition laws
effective in various Districts and Territories were repealed as follows:
District of Columbia--April 5, 1933, and January 24, 1934;[3] Puerto
Rico and Virgin Islands--March 2, 1934;[4] Hawaii--March 26, 1934